Gardening 101 Extravaganza With Red Wagon Plants!

Submitted by tim on Mon, 03/25/2024 - 06:00

Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Join Red Wagon Plants for a day of learning about getting started in the garden!

Gardening is a lifelong hobby, and can be full of both bounty and challenges, especially in the early years. Red Wagon Plants is creating a whole day of workshops and activities geared towards the newer gardener. Come with all your questions, hopes, and dreams, and leave inspired for this year's planting season!

Red Wagon Plants will also have cold hardy plant starts for sale, as well as seeds, soil, tools, pots, and more. The event is free. Workshops are $25 each. The full schedule is below!

Schedule:
10:00am-4:00pm: Ask Me Anything Roundtables (Free, drop in anytime!)
10:00am-12:00pm: Plan your Garden and Create a Vision Board
12:00pm-2:00pm: Focus on Soil, from Testing to Amending
2:00pm-4:00pm: Focus on Seeds - Starting Them Indoors, Outdoors, Reseeding, and More

Workshops:
10:00am-11:30am: Vegetative Propagation
12:30pm-2:00pm: Favorite Tools for the Veggie Garden
3:00pm-4:30pm: Growing Cut Flowers

RSVP for the Gardening 101 Extravaganza Here!

Dairy Sustainability:
Climate, Soil, Water

Join UVM Extension, Champlain Valley Farmer Coalition, and Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY for a free workshop on dairy sustainability on April 10th in Middlebury.

Workshop highlights include dairy and climate resilience, whole farm environmental assessments, managing enteric methane emissions, manure storage and treatment options, and managing for greater sustainability and resiliency in our dairy cropping systems.

The workshop is 9:00am-3:30pm and is free. Registration is required.

Workshop: April 10th

New Funding Streams for Producers and Technical Assistance Providers

Join the Northeast USDA Regional Food Business Center on March 25th at 11:30am for a webinar on the launch of new funding streams for producers and technical assistance providers.

Hear from two roundtable sessions as panelists discuss regional supply chain needs and how food & farming communities can most effectively and successfully navigate federal and state funding opportunities.

Please register for the webinar in advance.

Webinar: March 25th

Reminder: Farm to School and Early Childhood Vision Grant

The Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets Vision Grant is designed to support innovative projects that engage youth in addressing contemporary problems through farm to school and early childhood activities.

Schools, districts, early childhood educators, afterschool programs, and non-profits working in partnership with organizations in the VT Farm to School and Early Childhood Network are eligible to apply for grants of $5,000-$15,000.

Strong proposals will be scalable, replicable, prioritize youth leadership, and demonstrate a significant impact on Vermont youth.

Application deadline: April 11th

Register for the Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit

The Northeast Dairy Innovation Summit is just one week away!

Join the Northeast Dairy Business Innovation Center in Albany, New York for an amazing lineup of speakers and workshops on farm technology, climate-smart strategies to increase profit, processing and packaging solutions, workforce development, and growing opportunities for goat and sheep dairy.

Register today! Dairy farmers, processors, and students get special discounts.

Summit: April 2nd and 3rd

Upcoming Dates and Deadlines

View the VAAFM Grants Calendar